Clothes-drier



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CLOTHES DRIER.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

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CLOTHESDRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,332, dated April 3, 1888. V Application filed March 24, 18S?. Serial No. 232,225. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

lI'Be it known that I, JOHN L. LINCOLN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in ClothesDriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying two sheets, illustrating the invention, 1n which-- Figure l, Sheet l, is a transverse sectional elevation of the clothes-drier on line X X, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a broken side elevation ofthe same; Fig. 3, a broken top or plan view thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers which adapt them to be placed in a kitchen or wash-room of a dwelling; and its nature will be fully comprehended by reference to the following detail description.

A A represent the vertical walls of a roomV in which the drier is placed, and Brepresents the ceiling.

C C represent the two upper and opposite wall-supports,and D D thelower opposite wallsupports.

E Flrepresent two sets of double pulleys, of ordinary construction, secured to the end portions of one of the supports C C, and G G represent single pulleys attach ed, respectively, to the end portions of the other upper wallsupport, C.

H represents the linebar which is at the double-pulley side of the drier, and I is the l1ne-bar which is at the single-pulley side thereof.

In practice I prefer to use galvanized-wire lines J J in any number desired, securing them to the bars H I. Ordinary clothes-lines will serve the purpose of supporting the clothes; but they collect dust and are difficult to clean. Guiderods K K are at their ends secured to wall-supports C C and D D, and the line-bars H I are guided in their vertical movements by means of eyebolts L L, which engage said rods and are screwed into the line-bars. A single cord, M, runs over each pulley F and opposite pulley, G, and extends down and is fastened to a hoistingbar, O, at one end, and is fastened at the other end to the line-bar I. A single cord, N, is also fastened to each end of the bar O and Apasses over pulley E above, and is fastened at the other end to the line-bar H. Suspended from the hoisting-bar O by means of cords Q Q is a short bar, R. This construction is such that when the linebars H I are elevated to the position shown at Fig. 2 to support the lines J for drying clothes the bar O will be brought down under pins V, tapped into the wall-supports D, and retain the lines in that position, and such that when the lines are lowered down to remove clothes therefrom or put clothes thereon they will be supported by means of the eyebolts resting on the wall-supports D, and the bar O, being shorter than the bar H and lying between it and the wall A, will be elevated to the pulley E. Rooms where the drier will be placed are from ten to eleven feet high to ceiling; therefore the length of the guide-rods K K must be regulated so as to bring the supports D not more than seven feet from thepioor for the convenience of putting clothes on the lines. Now,in this necessary construction, when the eyebolts are brought down on the wallsupports D, the hoistingbar O, being up to the pulleys E, is too high to be reached; hence the necessity of the short bar It, suspended by the cords Q Q to within reach, so that by rst pulling it down they bar O may be grasped and brought under pins V, as stated. By these means the lines are elevated evenly at both ends, and the wires K Kprevent them from sagging during the elevating and lowering movements, and at the same time the upward and downward movements of the lines are limited to the positions required, and the use of a windlass, which is a serious objection in a house, is obviated.

I claim as new and desire to secure by LetI ters Patent* An improvement in compartment clothesdriers, consisting of the wall-supports C D and guide-rodsK, attached thereto, in combination with the line-bars H I, provided with eyebolts L, operating on the rods, the double pulleys F E, single pulleys G, and lines J, the cords IVI, attached to the bars I, running over pulleys G and F, and attached to bar O, the separate cords N, attached to the bar H, passing over pulleys E, and attached to bar O, and the bar R, suspended from the bar O by cords Q and the stop-pins V, for elevating, lowering, and holding the lines, as specilied.

JOHN L. LINCOLN. IVitnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, ALBERT N. Eastman.

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